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speaker boehner is talking about closing loopholes. other republicans are saying maybe like they're prepared to look at revenue. what are... are there concrete examples there that have the makings of some kind of deal down the road? >> very little is ccrete at this point. but the movement from saying we don't want government to grow at all. the answer to this fiscal crisis is not to grow government to the position that you're hearing from leadership now which is, yes, we can have revenue. that's part of a broader deal that we're going to make. that's a substantial shift. that's not the same thing as the fight over tax rates, income tax rates. the president has said i will sign no deal that doesn't bring the income tax rates for the top earners back up to 96.5%. that's a slightly... there's a new nuance there that gives politicians wigg room over at the definition of revenue is, but there has been movement on that. there's been even more movement. you heard a prominent republican on the sunday shows, bill kristol a prominent conservativ
speaker boehner is talking about closing loopholes. other republicans are saying maybe like they're prepared to look at revenue. what are... are there concrete examples there that have the makings of some kind of deal down the road? >> very little is ccrete at this point. but the movement from saying we don't want government to grow at all. the answer to this fiscal crisis is not to grow government to the position that you're hearing from leadership now which is, yes, we can have revenue....
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if speaker boehner says i'll go along with that, that's where we'll start. i think e converti is under way for a solution. >> ifill: senator durban, are you kicking the can down the road by only talking about the tax ruts and not talking about the spending cuts as well? >> let me tell you something, i was on the bowles simpson commission, i voted for it, bipartisan commission that included spending cuts as well as revenue increases. i know that to reach four or five trillion dollars in deficit reduction you need to put everything on the table. not just taxes for the wealthy. that's an important piece of it, but it isn't all of it. you ed much mor >> the president said today in his news conference that he was very familiar with the literature on the overreach of presidents in their second term or their potential for overreach. do you think that's a possibility here? do you see that? we have heard, for instance, republicans say, hey, we can talk about immigration now. is it possible that some things actually are in reach? >> oh, i do think -- i think immigrati
if speaker boehner says i'll go along with that, that's where we'll start. i think e converti is under way for a solution. >> ifill: senator durban, are you kicking the can down the road by only talking about the tax ruts and not talking about the spending cuts as well? >> let me tell you something, i was on the bowles simpson commission, i voted for it, bipartisan commission that included spending cuts as well as revenue increases. i know that to reach four or five trillion dollars...
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john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defense cuts-- >> woodruff: automatic cuts if they can't reach an agreement. >> which are going into effect january 1, and everyone including republicans signed on to. democrats are sitting on the hill telling me, we're fine with that. republicans, sure, we can undo those $600 billion in defense cut if you want to. we can tie it to the debt limit if you want to. let's talk revenue. put a dollar of tax increases on the table. in terms of the election, as the president and mitt romney go to the public with these two issues, the democrats' message is, yes, we have a fiscal problem, but the other side won't even consider a tax increase for the richest among us. you've heard that refrain, i don't need to explain it. yes, we h
john boehner certainly was not eager to talk about gay marriage. he would answer that question saying, marriage is between one man and one woman but i'm here to talk about the economy." democrats on the hill in terms of the fiscal bombs that are about to go off think they have some lemple steve mentioned the sequester, domestic and defense cuts-- >> woodruff: automatic cuts if they can't reach an agreement. >> which are going into effect january 1, and everyone including...
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said boehner, "this is your moment. we want you to lead." >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. what matters is where the increased revenue comes from and what type of reform comes with it. does the increased revenue come from what the government taking a larger share of what the american people earn through higher tax rates? or does it come from a byproduct of growing our economy energized by a simpler cleaner fairer tax code with fewer loopholes and lower rates for all. >> reporter: it all signaled a quick return to earth, after the jubilation of election night that swept up even chicago mayor rahm emanuel, during a live interview with the "newshour's" ray suarez. the president built his victory over mitt romney on a series of wins in battleground states, giving him 303 electoral votes-- 33 more than needed. he also was running ahead in florida, for another 29 electoral votes, but the state had not yet been called after long lines on tuesday held up the count. the president built his victo
said boehner, "this is your moment. we want you to lead." >> we're willing to accept new revenue under the right conditions. what matters is where the increased revenue comes from and what type of reform comes with it. does the increased revenue come from what the government taking a larger share of what the american people earn through higher tax rates? or does it come from a byproduct of growing our economy energized by a simpler cleaner fairer tax code with fewer loopholes...
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because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is still the president even though he's the party leader, and the nominee of this party. and it was true of george w when he ran for re-election t was true of bill clinton and it was certainly true of ronald w reagan when he ran for election. >> the supreme court, david, took up the arizona immigration law this week. you listened to some of the arguments. a lot of speculation about whether they will uphold it or not but whatever they do, does that affect the campaign, the presidential. >> i think immigration will play a lesser role this time than many of the pastimes. first i suspect there
because that is not john boehner's style. he's not a bombastic guy any nature. by practice. you know, i think the white house would have been better served if they had visited maybe the university of vermont and the university of canvas. i mean to go to three swing states and to the universities there, and certainly opens it up to the accusation that this is a political rather than a substantive visit. but i mean, this is vintage quadrennial vintage politics. the president wherever he goes is...
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in the summer of 2011 house speaker john boehner was quietly negotiating with the president trying to reach a budget deal which would include enough entitlement cuts to bring republican support and enough tax reform to gain acceptance by democrats. there were several failed attempts and then there appeared to be a breakthrough. i talked to boehner at the republican convention last week >> at the end where we have an agreement, eric cantor and i and the president in the oval office on a sunday late july, we have an agreement then it just evaporated. the president lost his courage, i don't know why it fell apart but it was clear he was afraid to take on his own party. listen, i fund risks we were both taking because i was as far out on a limb as i could possibly go. but the president's courage isn't as strong as it should be to lead. at some point you have to look at your staff and say "no, i'm not going there." >> woodruff: senator durbin and the fellow democrats on the hill dismiss boehner's account. they stay president bent over backwards to come to agreement with republicans. >> i r
in the summer of 2011 house speaker john boehner was quietly negotiating with the president trying to reach a budget deal which would include enough entitlement cuts to bring republican support and enough tax reform to gain acceptance by democrats. there were several failed attempts and then there appeared to be a breakthrough. i talked to boehner at the republican convention last week >> at the end where we have an agreement, eric cantor and i and the president in the oval office on a...
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woodruff: senator durnnd the fellow democrats on the hill dismiss boehner's account. they stay president bent over backwards to come to agreement with republicans. >> i really believe he made a good faith effort to try to bring them in. look at all of the back room conversations with john boehner trying to work out something on the deficit, time and again the speaker would walk away. the president made a commitment and a good faith effort and they weren't there. >> woodruff: was it naive on his part to wait so long to give them so much room and so much base? >> i guessn hindsht you can sayou shld have known earlier earlier they couldn't be trusted for this tough decision, whether it was health care or dealing with the deficit. >> woodruff: stylistically mr. obama has been criticized for not making more of an attempt to cultivate personal relationships with lawmakers from from both sides of the aisle as president clinton did with things like regular bipartisan rounds of golf. durbin dismisses the comparison. >> the bill clinton presidency was a constant schmooze. it's
woodruff: senator durnnd the fellow democrats on the hill dismiss boehner's account. they stay president bent over backwards to come to agreement with republicans. >> i really believe he made a good faith effort to try to bring them in. look at all of the back room conversations with john boehner trying to work out something on the deficit, time and again the speaker would walk away. the president made a commitment and a good faith effort and they weren't there. >> woodruff: was it...
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can john boehner muster the votes on the house side to get this passed. republicans do not like this on the house side there are no spending cuts, so many of them say they will vote against it, maybe the question then becomes can john boehner muster 40 or 45 republican votes and then use the 185 or 190 votes that nancy pelosi would deliver, potentially for a deal like 24 with no spending cuts to pass it there, tomorrow or the next day. the house side is unclear at this point. >> woodruff: so todd, you're saying as we sit here this evening, we're hearing there may be a senate vote tonight, the house may vote tomorrow. but at this point, it still is not known the outlines of what a potential deal would look like. >> i think the outlines are known on the tax side. and it was described accurately in your piece there, judy, with the tax rates at 450 for families, dividends would go up, the estate tax part of it. what is important is the one year extension on unemployment benefits. there are 2 million people set to lose their benefits, so that is all in there.
can john boehner muster the votes on the house side to get this passed. republicans do not like this on the house side there are no spending cuts, so many of them say they will vote against it, maybe the question then becomes can john boehner muster 40 or 45 republican votes and then use the 185 or 190 votes that nancy pelosi would deliver, potentially for a deal like 24 with no spending cuts to pass it there, tomorrow or the next day. the house side is unclear at this point. >> woodruff:...
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and between him and speaker boehner last summer and that this was -- >> the united states lost its credit rating as you will recall as a consequence of this, or potential shut down and so the president was at that time according to best reporting or most reporting, ready to offer this grand bargain. the speaker was as well but found out that his own caucus, it would be a mutiny. this, david is right, this was to be the enforcing mechanism. you can see it is a serious enforcing meck civil because it has gotten their attention. >> you were also saying earlier today this highlights a division among some republicans that defense hawks versus so-called tea party hawks. how much of a fact certificate that. >> it really opened newspaper the last year or two, you have the defense hawks who really think this would devastate or think cut was devastate our national security and they're lead by monday jean chretien main and lindsay graham and the more tea party oriented people who are just not that-- they're not against defense spending but it's not a priority, lowering taxes and economic domestic ec
and between him and speaker boehner last summer and that this was -- >> the united states lost its credit rating as you will recall as a consequence of this, or potential shut down and so the president was at that time according to best reporting or most reporting, ready to offer this grand bargain. the speaker was as well but found out that his own caucus, it would be a mutiny. this, david is right, this was to be the enforcing mechanism. you can see it is a serious enforcing meck civil...
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obama said he would not support the pipeline now because in his words: but house speaker john boehner criticized the decision, saying: juliet eilperin has been covering this story for the "washington post" and she joins me now. what was the larger rationale for the administration to oppose this pipeline? >> their argument is that they had been looking at an alternative route through nebraska which has environmentally sensitive habitat and a place called the sand hills rejohn and they had asked trans-canada to work with nebraska's department of environmental quality and look for a new way to do this and had predicted that this would delay a final decision on this pipeline permit until early 2013 when the republicaned forced a decision by a deadline that was actually february 21, the administration said there's no way we can do it. we're not even going to go through the pretense of analyzing it and we are rejecting this. >> brown: so the administration is not saying no to the pipeline just the fact that they could don't this in 60 days. >> exactly and they had said that trans-canada, th
obama said he would not support the pipeline now because in his words: but house speaker john boehner criticized the decision, saying: juliet eilperin has been covering this story for the "washington post" and she joins me now. what was the larger rationale for the administration to oppose this pipeline? >> their argument is that they had been looking at an alternative route through nebraska which has environmentally sensitive habitat and a place called the sand hills rejohn and...
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john boehner is laying down these stark markers underneath i don't think they exist. i think there is voom for flexibility. there is feeling we need more revenue. now the question is you have got to disguise the ref new increases in a-- comprehensive tax reform. and the republicans really want to do a comprehensive tax reform. they think it would allow them to secretly raise a lot of revenue. but also it would be good for the economy, create growth, more job, more tax revenues. democrats and especially the obama administration a lot less persuaded that tax reform would be a great thing. they don't think it would produce a lot of growth. they think politically it would be extremely tough to get rid of some of these big deductions. and so it's very interesting to mow, talking to people from the obama administration and hear them being very tepid on the whole idea of comprehensive tax -- >> you have got in europe this week became clearer that there really are serious disagreements on what they going to do to get out of their own debt crisis. what-- is there a consensus o
john boehner is laying down these stark markers underneath i don't think they exist. i think there is voom for flexibility. there is feeling we need more revenue. now the question is you have got to disguise the ref new increases in a-- comprehensive tax reform. and the republicans really want to do a comprehensive tax reform. they think it would allow them to secretly raise a lot of revenue. but also it would be good for the economy, create growth, more job, more tax revenues. democrats and...
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. >> suarez: in a floor speech wednesday, house speaker john boehner threatened legislative action, but it was unclear today what form that would take. >> i think the house is going to work again through the regular order with real deliberations about how we protect the religious freedom of the american people. that's the issue and we're, we're keenly focused on it. >> suarez: women rights groups and many democrats like california senator barbara boxer are now coming to the administration's defense. >> women in this country are tired of being treated like a political football by republicans in congress. who have tried continually and have continued to try to take away their benefits. to take away their rights. >> suarez: white house officials seeking to defuse the issue suggest a still-undefined compromise is possible. tuesday, on the "newshour", the president's senior campaign strategist david axelrod pointed out that 28 states already have similar rules. >> we're going to have a year's period of time in which to transition to this. and that will give us a chance to look at what these
. >> suarez: in a floor speech wednesday, house speaker john boehner threatened legislative action, but it was unclear today what form that would take. >> i think the house is going to work again through the regular order with real deliberations about how we protect the religious freedom of the american people. that's the issue and we're, we're keenly focused on it. >> suarez: women rights groups and many democrats like california senator barbara boxer are now coming to the...